News West 9 -- SNYDER- An update on the death of a West Texas Soldier NewsWest 9 told you about on Tuesday night.

25-year-old Staff Sergeant Michael Murphrey from Snyder will be honored with a moment of silence at the next home football game in Snyder.

NewsWest 9 talked to Sergeant Murphrey's high school football coach.

He said he watched Murphrey grow up and become an outstanding, West Texas, All-American man.

Murphrey leaves behind a wife and two children.

==Another news story==

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska-based soldier from Texas has died in Afghanistan.

The Department of Defense on Sept. 8 identified the soldier as Staff Sgt. Michael C. Murphrey, 25, of Snyder, Texas.

He died Sept. 6 in Paktika province, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered when his unit was attacked with an improvised explosive device.

Murphrey was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division at Fort Richardson in Anchorage.

Anchorage television station KTUU reports at least five Fort Richardson paratroopers have died in Afghanistan in three weeks.